Hair waving device



' DeC.'8, 1931.

R. DQRLEANS HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed April 10, 1929 INVENTOR.

R.D'URLEFINS Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES ROBERT DORLEANS, or SANm c se'o; cAiJIroRNIA mun WAVING navron Application filed. April 10, 192Serial No. 354,025.

This invention relates to improvements in hair waving devices and hasparticular reference to a clamp for holding and forming what is commonlycalled a permanent wave.

Another object of this invention is to produce a device of thischaracter which may be employed with the customary heating means.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which isinsulated from the head and one which will not cause any burning ordiscomfort to the person. 1

A further object is to provide means whereby a perfect seal is formedbetween the clamp and the hair, thus eliminating the danger of steampassing through to the scalp.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which issimple, and therefore economical to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be a .throughout the same,

Figure I is a side elevation of my device,

Figure II is an end elevation looking in the direction of the arrow B,

Figure III is an end elevation looking in the direction of the arrow A,

Figure IV is a top plan view of the clamping elements with the twistingroll removed,

Figure V is a side elevation vof'the rubber packing,

Figure VI is a cross-sectional view of the rubber packing on a slightlylarge scale, and

Figure VII is a vertical cross-sectional view through the entire deviceas shown in I Figure I. 7

At the present time various forms of clamps are used in order to holdthe hair while the permanent wave is being formed therein. These clampspermit a large amount of heat to be radiated to the scalp, or permit thesteam generated by the chemicalsto escape from the device and injure thea scalp. Either of thesemay resultin serious burns WlllClLIIliLkGS'permanent-waving obectlonable.

I have therefore. provided a" clamp wheres in the device is insulatedfrom the, head and.

provision is' made for sealing the hair so that the steam cannot escapetothe scalp;

I At the same time, I have provided-a clamp which is adjustable andwhich operates'on- 'elt her line or coarse halr. p 1

In the accompanying .drawlngs wherein for the'purpose. of illustrationis showna preferred embodiment of my invention, the numerals 5 and6designate parallel clampsho wn in F igures 4: and 7 and perforationsare caused to pass therethrough which are shown at 7. Theseperforations,'together with an undercut 8 provide for, the ventila--tion as will be hereinafter described. The

clamping members 5 and 6' are connected to thetsli'de 9, the clampingmember being hinged as at 11 while the clamping member 6 is slidableheld in the slide9-through the medium of a screw 10."

To theopposite end of the member 5} is pivoted asat 13, a hinged latch14 having athreaded portion 16 upon'which a. nut17 is positioned; I Thisconstruction permits the two members 5 and 6 tobe'adjusted parallel toeach other sothat the rubber seal 18 may be effectively clampedthere-between.- The shape of the rubber sealis best shown in Figs. V,'VIand VII.

\ A bracket 19. is carried upon the slide 9 and serves toirotatablyposition thru the medium of a blot 21, a hair curlingroller-22 which is preferably tapered as best shown in'Fig l. A boss 25formed upon theop'-' posite end .of the roller is adapted to-have a keypositioned thereon, for the purpose of rotatin-g'the roller.

Secured to the under side of the clamping members 5 and'6, are.insulating plates 23 mg members which are each recessed 7 as and 24-.One of these plates is preferably made of cork or some similar heatresisting substance.

The result of this construction is that when it is desired to place apermanent wave in the hair, a strand of hair is first passed thruthe-rubber member 18 and the tip is moved into close proximity with thescalp. The two clamping members 5 and 6 are now brought around therubber and locked to each other, after which the screw 10 and the nut 17are tightened so as to squeeze the rubber 18 and thereby perfect a tightseal between the rubber and the hair, and thus prevent steam from thehair reaching the scalp said T-shaped seal between said clampingmembers, a bracket carried on said clamping members, a roller rotatablycarried in said bracket, insulating members carried on said clampingmembers and having a greater portion of their length spaced from saidclampand burning the same. "A roller is now posir tioned in the bracket19 and the end of the hair is loosely wound thereon. Bynow using a keyupon the boss 23 the roller is rotated until the hair is'tightly woundupon the rollertinthemanner shown in Figure VII. In some instances, thehair is first wet and the end of the hair is then wound upon the end ofthe roller fora short distance, and then the roller is engaged inwindingposition, afterwhich the key is used and the rollerrotated untilthe balanceof the hair has been wound tightly upon the roller.

This tightening of the roller, while stretching the hair, will nottransmit a pull through to the scalp as is common with many formsof-permanent wavers, consequently, the pull upon the hair roots will notcause the suffering now experienced.

Thehair is now dampened with the proper chemicals, a small pad is placedover the roller with the hair thereon and the heating clamp shown indotted lines in Figures I and VII is applied. c p

. l/Vhen the steam which is generated by the heat starts to escape, thesame may, pass away into the atmosphere and due to the construction ofthe clamping members 5 and 6, it will be apparent that air may passthrough the under cut 8, thence through the perforations 7, whichcirculation will prevent any heat from being transmitted to the scalp. r

It isto be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same :and thatvarious changes relative to o the shape, size, materialand arrangementof parts -may be-resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, 1

. claim -In;a device of the character described, a

pair of clamping members pivotally and slid ably connected one to theother, a T-shaped removably resilient seal adaptedto be positionedbetween said clamping member, a slot formed 'thru said seal at rightangles to-said :clamping members, means for compressing

